Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
A scientific or medical word built out of Greek and Latin roots. This is the biggest group in the list, about a third of everything.
Medicine gives us anconitis, inflammation of the elbow, and adenalgy, pain in a gland. Chemistry gives us acetylsalicylic. Anatomy, botany and zoology all do the same thing.
Once you know the roots they are completely predictable, which is why no dictionary lists them all. You can keep making new ones forever.
18,355 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | Field and meaning |
|---|---|
| artemisic | chemistry, artemisic acid from Artemisia |
| arteriagra | medical, pain/gout in the arteries |
| arteriarctia | medical, narrowing of an artery |
| arteriasis | medical, arterial disease |
| arteriectopia | medical, displacement of an artery |
| arterin | pharmacy, an arterial-tissue preparation |
| arterioarctia | medical, narrowing of an artery |
| arteriococcygeal | anatomy, of the coccygeal artery |
| arteriodialysis | medical, rupture of an artery |
| arteriodiastasis | medical, separation of arterial coats |
| arteriofibrosis | medical, fibrosis of the arteries |
| arteriolith | medical, an arterial calculus |
| arteriomalacia | medical, softening of the arteries |
| arterionecrosis | medical, necrosis of an artery |
| arteriopalmus | medical, throbbing of an artery |
| arteriophlebotomy | medical, incision of artery and vein |
| arterioplania | medical, abnormal course of an artery |
| arteriopressor | medical, raising arterial pressure |
| arteriorenal | anatomy, of the renal arteries |
| arteriorrhagia | medical, arterial hemorrhage |
| arteriorrhexis | medical, rupture of an artery |
| arteriostosis | medical, ossification of an artery |
| arteriostrepsis | surgery, twisting an artery to stop bleeding |
| arteriosympathectomy | surgery, periarterial sympathectomy |
| arteriotome | surgery, instrument for cutting arteries |
| arteriotrepsis | surgery, twisting an artery to arrest bleeding |
| arterioversion | surgery, eversion of an artery |
| arterioverter | surgery, instrument for everting an artery |
| arthragra | medical, gout in the joints |
| arthredema | medical, swelling of a joint |
| arthrempyesis | medical, suppuration within a joint |
| arthresthesia | medical, joint sensation |
| arthriticine | chemistry, substance from arthritic tissue |
| arthrobranchia | zoology, gill borne at a limb joint |
| arthrocace | medical, caries of a joint |
| arthrocarcinoma | medical, carcinoma involving a joint |
| arthrocleisis | medical, ankylosis of a joint |
| arthroclisis | medical, ankylosis (var. of arthrocleisis) |
| arthrodirous | zoology, of the Arthrodira, armored fishes |
| arthrodymic | teratology, of twins joined at a joint |
| arthroempyema | medical, pus in a joint cavity |
| arthroempyesis | medical, suppuration in a joint |
| arthroendoscopy | medical, endoscopy of a joint |
| arthrogastran | zoology, member of the Arthrogastra |
| arthrolite | medical, a joint calculus |
| arthrolith | medical, calculus in a joint |
| arthromeningitis | medical, synovitis |
| arthromeric | zoology, of an arthromere, body segment |
| arthroncus | medical, swelling of a joint |
| arthroneuralgia | medical, neuralgia of a joint |
| arthropathology | medical, pathology of the joints |
| arthrophlogosis | medical, inflammation of a joint |
| arthrophyma | medical, swelling of a joint |
| arthropleure | zoology, lateral plate of an arthromere |
| arthropodous | zoology, of arthropod character |
| arthropody | zoology, condition of having jointed feet |
| arthropterous | zoology, having jointed fin-rays |
| arthropyosis | medical, suppuration of a joint |
| arthrorheumatism | medical, articular rheumatism |
| arthrorrhagia | medical, bleeding into a joint |
| arthrosia | medical, inflammation of the joints |
| arthrosteitis | medical, inflammation of bone at a joint |
| arthrostome | zoology, a jointed mouth-part |
| arthrosyrinx | medical, fistula of a joint |
| arthrotrauma | medical, injury to a joint |
| arthrotyphoid | medical, typhoid with joint involvement |
| arthroxerosis | medical, chronic dry arthritis |
| arthrozoan | zoology, member of the Arthrozoa |
| arthrozoic | zoology, of the Arthrozoa |
| articulite | mineralogy, flexible sandstone, itacolumite |
| artiphyllous | botany, having jointed leaves |
| artocarpad | botany, a plant of the breadfruit family |
| artocarpous | botany, of the breadfruit family |
| artotypy | printing, the artotype/collotype process |
| aryballoid | archaeology, shaped like an aryballos |
| aryepiglottidean | anatomy, of arytenoid and epiglottis |
| arytenoepiglottic | anatomy, aryepiglottic |
| asaphia | medical, indistinctness of speech |
| asaprol | pharmacy, calcium naphthol sulphonate |
| asarite | chemistry, a compound from asarum |
| asbolan | mineralogy, asbolane, cobalt-manganese ore |
| aschaffite | petrology, dike rock from Aschaffenburg |
| aschistic | petrology, undifferentiated dike rock |
| ascidicolous | zoology, living within ascidians |
| ascidiferous | botany, bearing ascidia or pitchers |
| ascidioid | zoology, resembling an ascidian |
| asclepidin | chemistry, resinoid from Asclepias |
| asclepidoid | botany, resembling Asclepias, milkweed-like |
| ascogone | mycology, the ascogonium |
| ascogonidium | mycology, a conidium from an ascogonium |
| ascula | embryology, Haeckel's sponge larval stage |
| asellate | chemistry, a salt of asellic acid |
| aselline | chemistry, a base from cod-liver oil |
| aseptol | pharmacy, sozolic acid antiseptic |
| asiderite | meteoritics, an iron-free stony meteorite |
| asomatophyte | botany, plant lacking a differentiated body |
| asparagic | chemistry, asparagic (aspartic) acid |
| asparagyl | chemistry, the asparagyl radical |
| asparamic | chemistry, asparamic acid |
| asphyctous | medical, asphyxiated, pulseless |
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